Keeping the flame alive

For many of us, once past the initial woaw of discovering participatory leadership, there comes a time when we despair to make it work - because we soon find out that the rest of the world hasn't caught up with us yet.

Keeping the flame alive is not an easy task, and yet we need to do it because it is the only way forward.

Soon or later, our efforts will pay - we just need to hang on and make sure we're still around when they do.

Here are some great thoughts from Amanda on the subject - rather reassuring since it seems we don't need that many people to be convinced to reach the critical mass. Her own reflection is based on an article on Science Daily , about the number of people needed to reach the tipping point.